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Does anyone have any data for which plane is more fuel efficient per passenger? Probably the 787?
by bluthru 12y ago
Does anyone have any data for which plane is more fuel efficient per passenger? Probably the 787?
- Sanddancer 12y agoIt's hard to find a lot of hard data on either plane, but the 787 has been stated as being 20% more efficient than the 767, and the A380 has been stated as having a per passenger fuel consumption of 81 passenger miles per gallon. So, using the figures I found on wiki [1], it looks like the 787 is fairly considerably, as in using ~75% of the fuel, more efficient than the 787. The A380 may be a big plane, but it's a fairly conventional plane, all things considered. I imagine that if there were a revamp of it with more carbon fiber usage, it could get a lot more interesting. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft
- ulfw 12y agoIf Airbus NEO's the engines with Rolls Royce Advance and stretches the frame to a possible A380-900 I'd venture a guess and say that gap could be closed, especially on a CASM basis. Provided they keep the production facilities rolling until such a change might happen in the 2020s.